WEBVTT ALEXIS: AS DRIVERS HIT THE ROADWEDNESDAY, THEY WERE MET WITHSLICK CONDITIONS -- SLICK CONDITIONS. >> I SAW QUITE A FEW PEOPLE INTHE DITCHES, IN THE WOODS.I STARTED OUT SLIPPING, AND IWAS REAL CAREFUL, EVEN WITH THEBIG TRUCK.ALEXIS: ACCIDENTS RIPPLED ACROSSTHE TRI-STATE AREA, WITH ICE ASTHE COMMON DENOMINATOR. >> I WAS LISTENING TO THEM TOOAND TRYING TO AVOID THEM AT ALLCOST. >> I EXPECTED A LITTLE BIT MORESALT OR SOMETHING ON THE ROADS.ALEXIS: ROAD CREWS ANDAUTHORITIES LIKE BUTLER COUNTYEMERGENCY SERVICES RECEIVEDDOZENS OF CALLS SIMULTANEOUSLYOF ACCIDENTS IN THE AREA, LIKETHIS CRASH INVOLVING FOURVEHICLES AND A PEDESTRIAN INLIBERTY TOWNSHIP.AUTHORITIES SAY ONE VEHICLEFLIPPED OVER ON ITS TOP. PEOPLE GOT OUT TO CHECK THESCENE WHEN A SECOND VEHICLE SLIDAND HIT ONE OF THE PEDESTRIANS.A THIRD SLID INTO THE SECONDVEHICLE.ALL INJURIES WERE NOTLIFE-THREATENING. DRIVERS SAY THE AMOUNT OF ICE ONTHE ROADS TOOK THEM BY SURPRISE.>> WHEN I WENT TO BED LASTNIGHT, IT WAS 45.I THOUGHT, WELL THIS MORNING, ITWAS GOING TO BE EVEN WARMER, BUTIT WASN'T WARMER. IT WAS ACTUALLY FREEZING. ALEXIS: ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURESWILL CONTINUE TO CLIMBTHROUGHOUT THE DAY, DRIVERS ARETHINKING AHEAD TO TOMORROWMORNING. >> I'M HOPING THAT THEY GETSOMETHING ON THESE ROADS.ALEXIS: CAUTIONING NOT ONLYTHOSE ON THE ROADS, BUT THOSEWALKING AS WELL. >> BE VERY CAREFUL.DON'T STEP OUT OF YOUR CARWITHOUT TAKING A LOOK TO SEE,BECAUSE SOMETIMES THAT LEG JUSTGOES RIGHT OUT FROM UNDER YOU,THEN OFF YOU GO.

Road crews and authorities, including Butler County Emergency Services, received dozens of calls simultaneously about accidents in the area.

A four-car crash in Liberty Township on Butler Warren Road injured a pedestrian.

Authorities said one vehicle flipped over on on its top. As people got out to check out the scene, a second vehicle slid and hit one of the pedestrians while a third slid into the second vehicle.

None of the injuries were life-threatening.

Drivers, including Mary Obert and Paul Kalous, said the amount of ice on the roads took them by surprise.

"When I went to bed last night, it was 45 (degrees). I thought, 'Well, this morning it was going to be even warmer.' But it wasn't warmer. It was actually freezing,” Obert said. “I was really surprised when I got up this morning and it was as cold as it was. I was listening to the radio and they were talking about all of the ice being on the roads and having to be careful. I was just shocked.”

“I saw quite a few people in the ditches, in the woods. I started out slipping and I was real careful, even with the big truck,” Kalous said. “I am hoping that they get something on these roads.”

Schools in Adams, Clermont, Warren, Butler, Preble, Brown and Highland counties in Ohio and Ohio, Switzerland and Dearborn counties in Indiana announced delays.

Wet roads combined with temperatures near freezing caused the icy spots, but meteorologist Randi Rico said temperatures will rise throughout the day on Wednesday, reaching 50 degrees by noon and 57 by midnight.

ODOT is cautioning drivers who might experience heavy winds:

Anticipate strong gusts that could move vehicles.

Pay attention to larger vehicles on the road, which are most susceptible to winds.

Keep a firm grip on the wheel.

Highway overpasses, tunnels and open spaces could be greatly affected.